grace, economic environment, more challenging than we had planned. and ethan allen whose conference call is going on as we speak now. lots of excuses, easter, passover, sandy. but this nugget i found intriguing, lower shipments to our retailer in china. this has always been a pride -- >> international sales. >> they're made in the u.s. and sell to china. on the call just now, the ceo said, you know, these chinese companies, the chinese recently had accumulated inventory, that was planned and unplanned, very interesting choice of words. in anticipation of higher sales and opening more stores. that hasn't happened so far. is that saying something about china or saying something about the business model of ethan allen as it pertains to china. >> yeah. third quarter we should note is the season slowest for ethan allen. weren't expecting too much by way of strength. but you've got to -- fair disclosure here, spend a lot of money at ethan allen. >> they loss -- didn't make it this quarter. >> spending money on ethan allen personally through purchases. >> t